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27 August 2014

Supreme Court not to disqualify ministers with criminal charges No Powers In year 2004, ten years back a petitioner sought the removal of Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mohammed Taslimuddin, MAA Fatmi and Jai Prakash Yadav from the Congress-led UPA government at the time. His plea was dismissed and later taken up for review by the country's five senior most judges.

After hearing the petitioner and the government that is politicians Supreme Court said thatNo disqualification can be prescribed"It is expected that the PM will not appoint persons against whom charges have been framed and he is facing trial. The PM and Chief Ministers should decide,"

The Centre had argued that removing ministers is against the Constitutional prerogative of Parliament and the will of the people, and that "once a person is an MP, he is entitled to be in the council of ministers, if the Prime Minister decides."